TOLEDO — Following the recent world premiere performance of "A Hi-Way Inn Holiday" at the Wieting Theatre, audience members had the opportunity to hear directly from playwright Tom Akers during a question-and-answer session. Akers is an Iowa playwright, director, and retired school ...
U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson, the speaker of the House of Representatives, said Iowa is at the forefront in a “battle for basic principles” Friday, warning against Democratic Socialists ahead of the midterm elections at the 15th Annual Family Leadership Summit in Des Moines. According to the ...
Fresh off of an hourlong discussion about data center regulations, the Marshalltown city council wound down last Monday night’s meeting with a comparatively brief conversation on repairs to the airport north of town, which was badly damaged by straight-line winds on June 17. Public Works ...
GILMAN — It was a weekend to remember in Gilman as the southeastern Marshall County community celebrated 150 years with a sesquicentennial festival that ran from Friday evening into Sunday and featured a wide range of fun activities for residents, returning natives who have since moved ...
Robert Thomas started his banking career in Marshalltown in 1982 and turns the page of the final chapter in the workforce this month when he retires as bank president of United Bank & Trust. The public is invited to attend an open house in his honor July 23 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the bank. ...
The fever was fierce. Fast and furious it spread like a gasoline fire across the US from the west coast to the east coast in late 1896, and then back again in 1897. It soon went global. No mask could contain it, there was no vaccine to control it. It attacked mostly men, single or married, ...
